The latest Parent Newsletter is available from our Newsletters page. As well, all of the newsletters for the 2014-15 school year have been added to this page, so if you missed an item, you can go back and catch up.

The second level of the Spelling Bee competition, sponsored by The Telegram, was held on Thursday, February 5, in the LRC. Two student winners from each grade seven and eight class were involved. It was a real “nail biter” as numbers of competitors dwindled and words became increasingly more complex.
Rine Zaman of 8-2 placed first while Jake Clarke of 8-5 placed second. Both boys will move forward to the regional competition. The Telegram Regional Spelling Bee will be held on Saturday, February 28, at Holy Heart auditorium. The show starts at 2pm. Come out and support our fantastic spellers!

The February parent newsletter is hot off the presses! Click here to go to the Newsletters page.

Exciting things are happening with the Student Council. For information on Jeans for Teens, Crush for Your Crush, or Yearbooks, click here to go to the Student Council Page.

Our annual Grade 9 Ski Trip is fast approaching! This trip take place on Feb 26th as part of Spirit Week. The cost is $65.00 and we only have 40 spaces available. First come, first served!

The Telegram is sponsoring a spelling competition that engages young people in an exciting pop-culture phenomenon that not only encourages spelling proficiency, but also inspires fun, spirit and sportsmanship.  This program is open to students in grades 4 to 8 and is divided into four stages:

• Classroom spelling bees
• School level spelling bee
• The Telegram St. John’s Regional Spelling Bee
• Scripps National Spelling Bee (in the US)

MDJH is offering this program to our grade 7 and 8 students.  Within the next 2 weeks, English teachers will be administering an optional, written Spelling Bee in their classrooms.  The winner of each class will compete in a school-level, verbal Spelling Bee. The winner at this level will represent the school in the regional spelling bee.

For further information and for extra study materials, please go to www.spellingbee.com or ask your English teacher.

Congratulations to our Girls Grade 8 volleyball team, who picked up a Bronze medal this weekend at the NLESD Grade 8 Girls Volleyball Championships!

 

 

On Monday evening, January 26, 2015, as part of our “Talking to Your Teens” series, The Green Apple Alliance of MDJH will host a presentation for parents by Mr. Lyle Wetsch, from Memorial University. He will be speaking on the importance of parents being aware of and vigilant toward the various apps and websites that our students, your children, are exposed to and the implications of this for their social and mental wellness. As well, Professor Wetsch will offer parents some helpful insights into managing their own social media and other online routines.

To give us an idea about numbers we are asking parents to pre-register by e-mailing Mr. Terry Ryan, one of our Guidance Counselors.

The latest edition of the Grizzly Growler is now available. Click here to download it!

Welcome to the new MDJH website!

We’re working on bringing over the information on our old site, and adding in new material as we go. Keep checking back for updates and changes!